January Learning

We are back into the swing of learning in our kindergarten classroom!

During reading and our Daily Five activities, we are exploring winter themes.  Some of our favorites are Jan Brett's The Mitten  and The Hat.  We are comparing and contrasting these stories, learning about the different characters, and identifying the beginning, middle, and end of these stories.  We are also creating some fun projects to go along with these stories and our winter theme.

Word Wall Words:   We now have 18 words on our Word Wall.  We add three new words each word.   Please practice reading and writing these words.  This will help your child grow as a reader and as a writer.  The words on our wall are...  a, and, at, go, I, it, is, like, me, my, no, run, see, the, to, will, yes 

We have officially begun Writing Workshop in our kindergarten classroom.  Each day we spend time working as authors and illustrators.  The children are very excited to be writing and illustrating their own stories.  During Writing Workshop, we are currently writing our very own personal narratives. We learned that a personal narrative is a true story that has a beginning, a middle, and an end.  It is sometimes tricky to stick with one topic to create a story, but we are getting better each day!  Be sure to ask your child all about it. :)

During math we completed our unit on numbers 11 - 20, but we will continue to practice reading, writing, counting, and working with 'ten frames' each day.  The teen numbers can be tricky!  I will send home some practice math pages this week.  Work at your own pace and send the completed pages back in for a sticker.  This week we will begin working on adding numbers together.  We will read and write number sentences each day.

As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns.  Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne :)

Word Wall Words:   We now have 18 words on our Word Wall.  We add three new words each word.   Please practice reading and writing these words.  This will help your child grow as a reader and as a writer.  The words on our wall are...  a, and, at, go, I, it, is, like, me, my, no, run, see, the, to, will, yes